A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s2.4

v1.c5.s2.4

Two circumstances may be held to have contributed to the permanent value of Grant Duff’s literary achievement; the first being his own personal experience of the people about whom he wrote and his natural impartiality, and the second, the advice and criticism of his friend and official chief, Mountstuart Elphinstone. As regards the former, the following extract from the *Calcutta Review*, vol. iv, p. 178, is pertinent to the subject.